جوف jauf A s. m. The interiour cavity (of any thing; hence, a drum called مجوف mujauwaf), concavity, hollow.

جذام juẕām A s. m. Leprosy. جذام خانه juẕām- ḵẖāna, s. m. A lazaretto.

جيٿهي مدهـ jeṭhī-madh यष्टीमधु S̱. s. m. Li- quorice (Glycirrhiza glabra).

جنت jannat A s. f. The garden, paradise. جنت آشياني jannat-āshiyān-ī, Whose nest (abode) is paradise; the deceased or late (king, &c.). جنة البلاد jannatu-l-bilād, The garden of the region (an epithet of Bengal).

جعفري jaﻌfar-ī A s. f. 1. A kind of cupola. 2. A sort of screen (the interstices of the frame being lozenged). Lattice-work (corrupt. of ضفيره). 3. The purest kind of gold. 4. The name of a yellow flower (called also گل اشرفي Linum trigynum).

جمنا jamnā जन्म S̱. v. n. To germinate, to grow.

جات jāt S̱. (जाति r. जन Produce) s. f. 1. (Arab. ذات) Cast, sect, tribe, class, race. 2. Birth, production. جات پانت jāt-pānt, or jāt- pānti, s. f. A pedigree. جاتکرم jāt-karm, s. m. A sacrificial ceremony directed to be performed at the birth of a child.

جور ज्वर jwar S s. m. Fever. See جر jar.

جاگير jā-gīr P s. f. Land given by government as a reward for services, or as a fee; a pension (in land), a fief. جاگيردار jāgīr-dār, s. m. The holder of a fee or jāgīr, a feoffee.

جهکورا jhakorā H s.m. Raining, a shower, a squall, a breeze, gust.